Virginia Senate Bill 619 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures; educational neglect defined. Revises the policies and procedures relating to addressing the nonattendance or nonenrollment of a child subject to compulsory education requirements by expanding the definition of "abused or neglected child" to include educational neglect and, therefore, requiring any teacher, attendance officer, or other person employed by such child's school, to report such neglect to the appropriate authority in accordance with pertinent law. The bill defines "educational neglect" as the failure or refusal to provide necessary education for a child who is subject to compulsory attendance in accordance with relevant law and is enrolled in a public school and has missed 10 percent or more of the academic year, including by (i) causing or allowing the child to become chronically absent, defined as any student who has missed 10 percent or more of the academic year for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences, or (ii) failing or refusing to enroll a child in any school who is not otherwise exempt from school attendance if (a) such failure or refusal to enroll continues after the school notifies and institutes proceedings against the parent and (b) the time elapsed between the institution of proceedings and the continued noncompliance to date exceeds 10 percent of the academic year.

Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures.

Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-30	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104624D

SB619 (Carry Over) 2024-02-08 - Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	258	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	261	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	262	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	267	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+SB619
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+SB619+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+SB619F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S04C0127+SB0619